Time to Defibrillation After Onset of Ventricular Fibrillation and Ventricular Tachycardia Cardiac Arrest at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Jefferson Hospital for Neurosciences.

Presenter Information

Sairamya Bodempudi, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Yair Lev, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Start Date

5-28-2020 7:30 AM

End Date

5-28-2020 8:30 AM

Description

Aims for Improvement

• Improve average time to defibrillation after VFib/pVTach cardiac arrest to < 2 minutes within an 8 month interval at TJUH and JHN.
• Improve the percent of VFib/pVTach cardiac arrests that are defibrillated within the recommended 2 minute interval by 30% at TJUH/JHN within an 8 month interval

Keywords

Cardiac arrest, Resuscitation, Defibrillation, Ventricular Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia

Comments

Presented at the 2020 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference